As the Missouri River changes, so too do the fortunes of those who fish it.

After Wednesday's first day of the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship. Colorado pro Ron Seelhoff sat atop of the leader board with a five-fish limit weighing 18-8.

But as fickle as walleyes can be - and the same can be said for the river - Seelhoff managed just four fish for 8-1 on day two, not enough to make cut and a chance at at least $100,000.

Seelhoff finished in 12th place on the pro side of the event that saw 54 pros and their co-angler partners on the water.

The top 10 anglers on both sides of the board now advance to today's third day of the event which will see the top amateur net a check for at least $20,000.

Saturday, the final day of the FLW championship, will have pros only on the water.

Perennial contender Ted Takasaki backed up a good day-one catch of 17-11 with an equally impressive catch Thursday of 16-11 to top the field with a two-day total of 34-6 and the lead.

That catch put his co-angler partner Terry Etzkorn of Pierre, S.D., into second place going into the third day of fishing.

Takasaki, the East Gull Lake, Minn., pro, is one of the fan favorites.

He won the PWT championship on the Missouri 10 years ago, almost to the day.

He said what concerns him most going into day three is what will likely be on the minds of the rest of the field; wind.

The forecast for Friday is for the wind to switch to north from 20-25 mph, making boat control a challenge.

It was out of the south the first two days.

Takasaki said his spots downstream are "wind-exposed" areas of the river, and in the first two days, it's been a game of inches.

"It's a very definite edge," he said. "If I stray a bit, the fish aren't there."

Seelhoff said he released an 18-inch walleye early in the day, hoping he could do better. "It would have made the difference," he said.

Todd Riley of Amery, Wis., goes into today in second place after weighing in 21 pounds even after netting just 9-6 on day one for a total of 36-6, a pound off the lead.

But that's all for naught, as both pros and cos start from zero on the third day.

Riley, who said he had bites all day Wednesday but couldn't get them in the boat, said it was different story today.

It's a good thing - Riley said he had six bites all day.

"Yesterday nothing went right and today nothing went wrong," he said on Thursday.

So far, he's had the big fish of the event at 6-4.

Riley, who say's he's probably more comfortable working jigs than crankbaits, said he had his best luck with shad-type cranks.

"I changed absolutely nothing from yesterday to today."

In third is Iowa pro Tommy Skarlis who netted 19-3 for a two-day total of 32-1.

Skarlis said he got squeezed out of one of his "big fish spots" early by some local anglers and had a keep moving. It paid off.

He said the bite was a real finesse bite and he "went old school," and went to Trilene XL 10-pound test which helped him hook up better.

Brett King of Claremont, Minn., finished fourth with 13-10 Thursday (30-11 total), Ross Grothe of Northfield, Minn., was fourth with 15-1 (30-11), Joe Okada of Fitchburg, Wis., sixth with14-14 (30-0), Todd Frank of Pulaski, N.Y., seventh with 15-5 (28-5), Robert Blosser of Poynette, Wis., eighth at 14-4 (28-01), Tom Kennen of Hatly, Wis., ninth at 13-1 (28-0) and Chris Gilman of Chiscago City, Minn., rounds out the top 10 with 11-3 (27-15).

Bismarck pro Troy Morris netted 11-7 Thursday for a two-day total of 22-2.

Fargo's Tom Backer weighed in three fish Thursday for 8-13 and a two-day total of 19-10.

Weigh-ins will be Friday and Saturday at the Bismarck Civic starting at 4:30 each day with the FLW Family Fun Zone at 2 p.m. today and noon Saturday.